Daya Betty — whose name was inspired by her type 1 diabetes — embraces every part of herself in and out of drag. In an interview with diaTribe, she shared that while learning to manage her diabetes after being diagnosed at 15 was a struggle, it ended up shaping her drag later on in life.
"Not that I ever resented having diabetes, but it was one of those things that was a negative for me for a long time," Betty said. "I am going to use this part of myself that I don't really like all that much, and make it my superhero name. I wanted to make [diabetes] the coolest thing about me."
